MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 35.94,-97.27 Latitude: 35.94 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 108 SFC 978 306 23.5 22.6 95 0.9 22.8 304 12 298.5 301.8 296.8 350.7 17.90 2 950 555 21.5 21.0 97 0.5 21.2 303 20 299.0 302.0 296.1 347.8 16.73 3 900 1023 18.9 18.7 99 0.2 18.8 288 21 301.0 303.8 295.7 345.9 15.29 4 850 1515 17.3 16.9 98 0.4 17.0 266 29 304.2 306.9 296.0 347.2 14.41 5 800 2032 14.6 14.5 99 0.1 14.6 259 37 306.7 309.2 295.8 346.1 13.08 6 750 2576 11.3 11.1 99 0.2 11.2 257 41 308.8 310.9 295.0 342.6 11.12 7 700 3150 8.1 7.0 93 1.1 7.4 259 42 311.4 313.1 294.1 339.2 9.00 8 650 3759 4.8 3.1 89 1.6 3.8 259 43 314.4 315.8 293.7 337.5 7.40 9 600 4408 0.8 -0.7 90 1.4 0.0 261 45 317.0 318.2 293.4 336.4 6.09 10 550 5103 -3.4 -4.6 92 1.1 -4.0 263 45 320.0 321.0 293.3 336.1 4.96 11 500 5851 -7.5 -7.9 97 0.4 -7.7 262 46 323.9 324.7 293.8 337.9 4.22 12 450 6665 -12.3 -16.4 71 4.1 -13.7 263 50 327.8 328.2 293.3 335.9 2.35 13 400 7552 -19.1 -32.3 30 13.2 -21.8 266 52 330.2 330.3 292.4 332.5 0.64 14 350 8534 -24.8 -34.7 39 9.9 -26.5 277 48 335.4 335.5 293.7 337.5 0.57 15 300 9637 -33.2 -48.9 19 15.7 -34.6 276 55 338.6 338.7 294.1 339.3 0.15 16 250 10891 -43.1 -49.6 49 6.5 -43.5 276 34 342.0 342.0 295.0 342.6 0.16 17 200 12351 -55.7 -63.2 39 7.5 -55.9 270 37 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.04 18 150 14132 -66.1 -77.6 19 11.5 -66.2 276 64 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.2 0.01 19 100 16589 -65.4 -86.1 4 20.7 -65.5 286 33 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.86 m Freezing level: 590.70 mb = 4537.53 m = 14886.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.76 mb = 4411.63 m = 14473.68 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.59 % Est. max temperature: 30.23 C = 86.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.26 mb = 416.20 m = 1365.48 ft T: 22.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 11.09 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.92 mb = 833.55 m = 2734.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.10 C = 77.18 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -3.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.78 C Showalter Index: -3.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.76 C Cross Totals Index: 24.40 C K Index: 40.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1209.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.83 mb = 815.64 m = 2675.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 916.83 mb = 862.75 m = 2830.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 866.83 mb = 1346.07 m = 4416.18 ft B at Equ Level: 16.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.83 mb = 15646.92 m = 51334.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.4 at 38.5 knts Storm direction: 293.4 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 5.4 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.1 neg: -7.7 tot: 72.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 13.13 Bulk Shear: 92.09 m/s